Toddlers die after mum allegedly left them in the car for 15 hours

"By far the most horrific case of child endangerment that I have seen”
- bythat's life!

14 Jun
2017

A Texas Sheriff says a mother who allegedly left her two toddlers in a car for 15 hours represents “by far the most horrific case of child endangerment that I have seen”.

On Wednesday, 19-year-old Amanda Hawkins took her two daughters—both in a grave condition—to Peterson Regional Medical Center, the New York Times reports.

The mother claimed the children, 2-year-old Addyson Overgard-Eddy and 1-year-old Brynn Hawkins, had come into contact with something poisonous while smelling flowers. Tragically, both girls died in hospital.

"Upon discovering the girls, the mother attempted to bath them and did not immediately want to take the girls to the hospital because she didn't want to get into trouble," Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholze said a statement.

“This is by far the most horrific case of child endangerment that I have seen in the 37 years that I have been in law enforcement.”